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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nesvt, post: 134909, member: 1749&quot;]This is an 1880-P.&nbsp; It looks great in hand; lots of luster, cartwheels, a little gold toning.&nbsp; Just one odd thing.&nbsp; There are a few small areas with a strange surface.&nbsp; It looks sandblasted.&nbsp; At first, I thought it was caused by the removal of PVC.&nbsp; The surface looks too consistent in these areas.&nbsp; Then I was thinking the planchet wasn&#039;t prepared right.&nbsp; Now I&#039;m leaning toward environmental damage from bad storage.... like condensation collecting in these few areas.&nbsp; I really don&#039;t know.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>On the obverse, it&#039;s over the date, at the base of B, and between U &amp; S.&nbsp; The reverse has a couple of even smaller areas.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Any ideas?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.greenmountainaccess.net/~nesvt/1880P_47_3.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.greenmountainaccess.net/~nesvt/1880P_OBV.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.greenmountainaccess.net/~nesvt/1880P_REV.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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